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Antimicrobials in the Food Chain: Resistant Pathogens and Food Safety
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Antimicrobials in the Food Chain: Resistant Pathogens and Food Safety

A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2024) | Viewed by 2871

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Ron Dixon

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School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK
Interests: polymyxins; colistin; mode of action bacterial outer membrane; antibiotic resistance; food; environment; Galleria
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Zoonotic bacterial pathogens associated with food products constitute a well-known direct link to public health.  Antibiotic-resistant genes (ARGs) in the food chain however represent a more indirect risk to public health by providing a larger gene pool for the acquisition of resistance by pathogens. Food safety is compromised if bacteria containing ARGs from food products or processes are able to colonize the human gut. More research/knowledge in this area by academics, industry and government is essential to enable the global food sector to gain awareness and insight into the issue and take necessary steps in the food safety assurance practices required to address the threat of antimicrobial resistance.

This Special Issue invites articles with primary data or mini-reviews on the current standing or future challenges of AMR pathogens and food safety including (but not limited to) the following topics:

  • Potential role of bacteriophages /probiotics to control AMR bacteria in food animals or food processing contexts.
  • Surveillance of AMR in pathogens in the food chain.
  • Evidence of transfer of AMR from food animals or products to people.
  • Using new technologies (metagenomics /WGS etc.) to identify AMR and/or ARGs ‘from farm to fork.’
  • Risk assessments of AMR in the food chain.
  • Control of AMR and/or ARG from food animals or products by intervention by physical or chemical approaches.

Dr. Ron Dixon
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • antimicrobial resistance
  • food safety
  • pathogens
  • risk assessment
  • detriment
  • antimicrobial genes
  • food processing
  • farm to fork
  • bacteriophages
  • probiotics
  • interventions

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A Critical Review of AMR Risks Arising as a Consequence of Using Biocides and Certain Metals in Food Animal Production
by Christian James, Stephen J. James, Bukola A. Onarinde, Ronald A. Dixon and Nicola Williams
Antibiotics 2023, 12(11), 1569; https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12111569 - 27 Oct 2023
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The focus of this review was to assess what evidence exists on whether, and to what extent, the use of biocides (disinfectants and sanitizers) and certain metals (used in feed and other uses) in animal production (both land and aquatic) leads to the [...] Read more.
The focus of this review was to assess what evidence exists on whether, and to what extent, the use of biocides (disinfectants and sanitizers) and certain metals (used in feed and other uses) in animal production (both land and aquatic) leads to the development and spread of AMR within the food chain. A comprehensive literature search identified 3434 publications, which after screening were reduced to 154 relevant publications from which some data were extracted to address the focus of the review. The review has shown that there is some evidence that biocides and metals used in food animal production may have an impact on the development of AMR. There is clear evidence that metals used in food animal production will persist, accumulate, and may impact on the development of AMR in primary animal and food production environments for many years. There is less evidence on the persistence and impact of biocides. There is also particularly little, if any, data on the impact of biocides/metal use in aquaculture on AMR. Although it is recognized that AMR from food animal production is a risk to human health there is not sufficient evidence to undertake an assessment of the impact of biocide or metal use on this risk and further focused in-field studies are needed provide the evidence required. Full article
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